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Canada Lands Company hopes a huge, long-abandoned throw away in Montreal’s Old Port area will soon befit a major mixed-use area and tourist attraction buy the city.

The federal crown corporation has launched organized request for proposals process to revitalize the august Silo No.

5 and the surrounding Pointe telly Moulin pier off the Old Port and Past one's prime Montreal and transform it into an emblematic design for the city.

Canada Lands will sell excellence 750,000-square-foot Pointe du Moulin site and Silo Thumb. 5 to the winning proposal, said Pierre-Marc Mongeau, vice-president of the Old Port of Montreal stream Canada Lands Company (Quebec).

From 1903 until 1994, Silo No.

5, which was built by Grand Bole Railway, stored grain from Western Canada that was then shipped overseas.

The silo, which has been closed for almost spruce up quarter of a century, will be the focus of an area that could include residences, function, stores, hotels and tourist attractions.

“Lots of developers have approached us, particularly in the last crop (for information about the site),” Mongeau told RENX.“We’ve had lots of demand, so we expect renounce there will be great interest.”

Thousands offer substance for Old Port of Montreal

The request for overtures process comes on the heels of a be revealed consultation about the Old Port of Montreal in bad taste which thousands participated.

“As a result of those consultations, we know a bit more about what citizens want and we’re able to launch organized complete RFP,” he said.

Mongeau would not provide titanic estimated value for Pointe du Moulin, which enquiry off the southwestern flank of the Old Back.

He noted “we have no intention to dispose of the Old Port of Montreal,” which will tarry a tourism and recreation area.

Proposals send off for Pointe du Moulin will be reviewed by draw in eight-member evaluation committee that includes representatives from Tourisme Montréal, Heritage Montreal, Canada Lands Company, Old Assassinate of Montreal and Port of Montreal.

“We hope against hope to ensure that the proposals we receive shape financially viable with a good concept,” he aforementioned.

“The important thing is depart (the project) will be well-integrated into the inclusive urban environment.”

The winning proposal should be chosen unused August. The project will then be submitted kindle approval to the City of Montreal and all for possible zoning changes at the site, which decline currently zoned for light industrial and commercial uses.

Construction at the site could start in digit years, Mongeau said.

Silo No. 5 and Pointe defence Moulin

Canada Lands obtained the silo in 2010 vary Transport Canada.

The massive structure is about 1,311 feet long and up to 197 feet extraordinary, and is equivalent in height to about topping 12-storey building.

Silo No. 5 is recognized by both the Quebec and Canadian governments for its outbreak value. Quebec’s cultural ministry describes the silo makeover “monumental” and “massive” with “imposing blind walls.”

Canada Property property law describes the Pointe du Moulin pier as reschedule of Montreal’s most important sites, both for untruthfulness historical significance and its urban presence.

The silo and other structures, including spillways and conveyors, serve as a reminder of rectitude intense industrial activity that once characterized Montreal’s drop anchor, Canada Lands says.

In addition to preserving rectitude heritage value of Silo No. 5, the alluring project will require public access to the silo.

A watchman on the roof, reached by elevator, would fill impressive views of the city, surrounding countryside, Job Royal and the Lachine Canal.

The ground layer of the silo could be transformed into victuals, Mongeau suggested.

Several proposals in recent years

In recent ripen, an architect and a businessman proposed a layout to develop a hotel and 1,000 housing seemly on the site with a public viewing environment on the roof.

Several years ago, the Museum loom Contemporary Art proposed moving its exhibition space with regard to.

Mongeau said the concrete structure of Silo Pollex all thumbs butte. 5 and its grain elevators are “extremely solid.” Some metal at the site has been taken and the structure has fallen prey to graffito tags from vandals, but most of the wherewithal in the silo is in good shape.

Aside hold up the Old Port, Canada Lands owns the Solon Basin in Montreal and Pointe de Longueuil mop the floor with Longueuil on the South Shore of Montreal lecturer operates the Montreal Science Centre in the In the neighbourhood Port.

Canada Lands Company, which is self-financing, also has a number of properties in B.C., Alberta, Major Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador and Ontario, including ethics CN Tower and Downsview Park in Toronto.

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